Species Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791)
Hon-saba-dakara, Little-Bear Cowry
- Cypraea ursellus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3411].
- Cypraea coffea Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Monograph of the genus Cypraea. 1-58, pls 292-328 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4. [10, pl. 32, figs 359-360].
- Blasicrura (Derstolida) ursellus amoeba Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1939. Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 23: 119-231 [167].
Generic Combinations
- Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Indian Ocean, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Western Pacific, Philippines; Western Pacific including central Qld (Wilson, 1993), West Pacific to eastern Indian Ocean (Lorenz & Hubert, 2000).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, coral reef, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
In moderately shallow water.
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [157] (as Cypraea ursellus)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [177, pl. 33, figs 13a,b]
Common Name References
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [G1197] (Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1197) (Hon-saba-dakara)
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [171] (Little-Bear Cowry)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |